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February 1, 2013

Retro Road Trip Box

My dear friends & readers, back in December I
thought I would take a small pause (couple of days) to get ready for the
festivities and somehow it turned out to be a longer pause than I expected
hehe!!.But anyway we are back on track
with all the excitement to share new projects & new images in our both
blogs Boulevard de L'antique:Crafts & Decor and Retro Scrap Freebies.

Have you heard the say: “one man's trash is another
man's treasure?”Well, it's true! I
found two boxes in our building's junk disposal area.Yes! Two beautiful game boxes were there
waiting to be rescued and I could not believe how somebody would throw them
away.The boxes were in perfect
condition and still contained some small game pieces that I have kept as
trinkets for future projects.Today I
want to show you how I decorated one of the boxes inspired by a Retro Road
Trip, here it is the outcome:

With a little bit of paint, different images related
to theme (highway restaurants, bars, signs, etc) and few stamps I was able to
create a nice keepsake box for any road trip souvenir collection, but of course
in retro style.

In this project we used the standard “decoupage” step
by step you can find HERE.

We chose a colonial blue acrylic for the outside of
the box, and a shiny mustard yellow acrylic for the lid and the inside of the
box, then painted some black faded lines around the box give it a more aged
look.

If you wonder how the box looked before here it is:

So you can see the box has been transformed
entirely.I will show you the other box
very soon on a future post.

This box was really fun to do and not complicated, if
you want to see the process, please click HERE.

I hope you liked this project and for Free Vintage
Images to use in your projects don't forget to visit our Retro Scraps Freebies blog.

Every week we have the great opportunity to participate and share our
projects in awesome parties, please visit them and see what talented artists
and crafters are creating. They are not in any particular order, just from the
oldest till the most recent one I started participating on:

Cool project. My hubby and I are planning some road trips and this cute box is a neat way to save keepsakes:) Pinned. New follow:) Follow back at http://www.sewsweetvintage.com/2013/02/be-fearless-arianna-huffington.html

Awesome project! I have lots of vintage images that I want to use in decoupage. I don't know what kind of paper would work best for home printing given that I have a color inkjet and not a laser printer. Any recommendations please? I think the inkjet will run when decoupage medium is applied on it :(

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Hi there! I'm Erika and I welcome you to our workshop, where we decorate crafts, furniture & home pieces inspired in all things retro, vintage and antique, transforming them into charming, original and unique creations that work great as gifts, collectible treasures or simply decorative techniques for the home.

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